Dwight Dawson, who runs an unsuccessful success school, stages a contest to find the biggest failure in the USA, for publicity value when the "dope" takes his course. But winner Tad Page is contented with his idle, lazy life and threatens to convert Dawson's other students to his philosophy. Dawson captalizes on Tad's attraction to Claire Harris to win him over; but will Tad find out Claire is really engaged to Dawson?
Henry Fonda
as Thadeus Winship 'Tad' Page
Lynn Bari
as Claire Harris
Don Ameche
as Dwight Dawson
Edward Everett Horton
as Horace Hunter
George Barbier
as James Roger Barker
Frank Orth
as Messenger
Roseanne Murray
as Dawson's Secretary
Marietta Canty
as Jenny
Hobart Cavanaugh
as Albert Gowdy
Hal K. Dawson
as Charlie
Josephine Whittell
as Mrs. Hunter
Arthur Loft
as Mr. Morton, Fire Engine Salesman
